New England Soldiers Suffer Few Casualties in War Reports
Private John L Whalen of Roslindale is listed as a prisoner in Germany. The report notes seven New Englanders named on casualty lists, with three killed in action including Lt Thomas Desmond of Randolph. Other deaths and missing in action include Private Roswell T Steeves of Derby and Private Joseph Downing of Chicopee.
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John L. Whalen
Roslindale
102D Machine Gun Battalion
Germany
New England
Bocie
War Department
New
NEW ENGLAND BOYS ON CASUALTY LIST
Names and statuses of New England servicemen listed: Lt Thomas Desmond Randolph D Co 18th Inf. Pt Roswell R Steeves Derby Conn Supply Co 102d Inf. Pt Joseph Downing Chicopee B Co 23d Inf. Died of wounds Corp Leon A Baribaut Springfield 104th Inf. Died of disease Pt William Hall Cambridge 66th Co 5th Regt 1st Batt USMC. Pt Willis E Snowman Blue Hill Me Univ of New York Ambulance Corps. Pt John Whalen Roslindale A Co 102d Mach Gun Bn. Severely wounded Lt Edgar A Poe Jamestown R I USMC. Pt Robert S Niver Hartford F Co 16th US Inf now missing previously reported missing now returned to duty.
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New England
Thomas Desmond
Jeremiah J. Desmond
Randolph
France
Desmond
Thayer Academy
Braintree
Amherst Agricultural College
BE. Co
Young Portable House Company
D Company
18Th Infantry
Plattsburg
Roswell T. Steeves
Derby
Conn
New
Hermine Lemieux
Chicopee
Lemieux
University of New York Ambulance Corps
Willis E. Snowman
Blue Hill
War Department
William Hall
Lawrence Hall
Eustis Street
Cambridge
Paris
United States Marine Corps
5Th Regiment
Marine Corps
Somerville
Leon A. Baribault
Cedar Street
Springfield
Baribault
Ellen Baribault
Randolph. D Co
Roswell R. Steeves
Marine Corps Casualty List Totals 30 Names
A Marine Corps casualty list today reports 30 names. Eleven are Killed in Action, three Died of Wounds, one Died of Disease, one Severely Wounded, and fourteen Wounded of undetermined degree.
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Marine Corps
Strikes Reported in Transvaal Mines
A Reuters message from Johannesburg dated yesterday reports serious strikes in Transvaal mines stirred by German agents or irreconcilable Boers. It says natives who refused to work on Wednesday later resumed duties as of Monday. A Times correspondent in Capetown notes the movement was started by international socialists and aided by higher living costs.
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London
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Reuters, Ltd
The
Times
Capetown
Move to End Strike at Clinton Fails
July 5 The first attempt to settle the Lancaster mills loom fixers strike failed as a five member committee met A. W. Cooper the mill agent but the management refused the 5 percent wage rise. Strikers voted to continue the strike and plan another meeting Monday afternoon.
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Clinton
Lancaster Mills
A. W. Cooper
Telegraphers in Boston May Strike Monday
Between five hundred and six hundred telegraphers in Boston and New England may walk out in a nationwide Western Union strike called by the International Union of Commercial Telegraphers of America. William T. Yetman, Boston council president, says local 4 will finalize plans at tomorrow’s meeting in a downtown hotel.
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Boston
New England
Western Union Telegraph Company
International Union of Commercial Telegraphers of America
William T. Yetman
Boston Council
International Union
Connecticut Girl Dies in Air Raid
Mrs. Wilson S. Price of Thompsonville learns her sister Miss Marion Overend a Red Cross nurse with the AEF from Mt. Sinai Hospital New York was killed in a raid near Paris. The notice says a hospital was injured on June 16 with no further details.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Wilson S. Price
Marion Overend
Paris
Miss Overend
Red Cross
American Expeditionary Forces
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York City
This Bird Will Cut Out Meat During War
Big Bill the adjutant bird at Franklin Park vows a combat diet shift to fish and refuse meat scraps. He aims to boost morale by sacrificing frogs legs and any meat that could aid troops in France, staying home to keep the crowd amused.
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Big Bill
Franklin Park
Bill
France
Aviation Corps
United States Army
Atlantic
Franklin Park Zoo
Kaiser
Mr. Hoover
New York Newspapers Halt Returns Amid Paper Rationing
New York publishers said on July 15 they will stop returning unsold daily and Sunday papers. The move follows the War Industries Board mandate to conserve newsprint during wartime.
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New York
War Industries Board
Sugar Certificate Plan Seeks Rationing For Massachusetts
Massachusetts wholesalers retailers clubs hotels and users of sugar will move to a certificate system limiting each to the amount shown on their issued certificates. A large clerical force is preparing distribution certificates and filing requirements. Dealers must report sugar sold or used in April May and June and apply for quantity needed for the three months ending October 15.
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Massachusetts
Public Safety Committee
Miss Rankin Seeks Republican Nomination for Senate
Washington July 5 Jeanette Rankin representative from Montana announced she will seek the Republican nomination for the Senate to succeed Senator Walsh who will seek re election in November Primary is August 27 Rankin said at present there is no other Republican candidate
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Washington
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Senate
Walsh
Miss Rankin
Marines Receive Distinguished Service Crosses
General Pershing awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to 32 Marines for gallantry in Boureches and Belleau Wood on the Chateau Thierry front. Three crosses were posthumous, while eight officers and 21 enlisted men received the honors.
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U. S
Pershing
France
Associated Press
Boureches
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Marine Corps
Guatemala Seizes German Controlled Utilities
President Cabrera and the Guatemalan cabinet have ordered immediate government control over German controlled interests in key sectors. The move covers telephone, railroad, and electric light and power companies as Guatemala remains at war with Germany since April.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Cabrera
Republic of Guatemala
Germany
Prohibitionists seek six month limit on alcoholic sales
In Washington, July 5, prohibition advocates in the Senate planned to seek changes in the Norris amendment to the emergency agricultural bill to bar whiskey beer and wine sales after six months. The amendment would halt withdrawal from bond of spirits and limit wine production to export after June 30 1919 and stop beer production three months after presidential approval. Senator Gore said he would reconvene the Senate agricultural committee Monday to consider proposed changes with a majority favoring them.
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Washington
Senate
Gore
Senate Agricultural Committee
Congress
Norway's U boat Losses Rise In June
June saw 20 Norwegian ships totaling 26 883 tons sunk by German submarines. 31 sailors were lost and four missing men were declared lost. Total Norwegian losses reach 842 vessels with 1747 lives lost and 1 154 143 tons sunk.
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Washington
Christiana Foreign Office
Norway
Americans In Villers Bretonneux Fight Delight in Battle
Reuters dispatch from London reports American troops at Villers Bretonneux were thrilled by combat. Described as new to warfare, their barrage fire rivaled a fine Fourth of July celebration.
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London
Villers-Bretonneaux
Reuter
Young American corporal recalls killing seven Germans
A 21 year old corporal, badly wounded, recounts that he killed seven Germans near Waire wood. He says the action was more than a fair exchange for his wounds and describes moving around a corner where German machine guns opened fire in a wheat field with a special bullet type.
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Waire Wood
Courage Under Fire in WWI Trenches Near Hamel
A WWI frontline tale describes a soldier wounded in the thigh who crawled to throw a bomb killing four crew, then shot a German fleeing toward a dugout. He endured a bayonet stab and a third wound before fainting. A younger correspondent recounts a boy wounded in the leg who killed a German with a rifle stock after bayonet charges.
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Hamel
Hockey Star Hurt in Motorcycle Smash
HOCKEY STAR Art Ross suffered severe injuries and his nephew Hugh Ross was killed in a motorcycle crash at Bethlehem early today. The Canadian hockey star played for the Wanderers Hockey Club of New York.
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Littleton
N. H
Art Ross
Hugh Ross
Bethlehem
Ross
Wanderers Hockey Club
New York
Death of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward in Roslyn NY
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward United States Navy retired died at his Roslyn New York home after a three day illness due to heart trouble.
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Roslyn
N. Y
Aaron Ward
Death Notice Hoar of Roxbury
George W Hoar husband of Phoebe Lee Hoar dies suddenly in Epsom N H Funeral from 156 Hillside St Roxbury Monday July 8 at 9 am Requiem high mass at Mission Church 10 am Relatives and friends invited Automobile cortege
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Epsom
N. H
George W
Phoebe (Nee Lee) Hoar
Hillside St
Roxbury
Mission Church
Concord Policeman Stabbed During Street Fight
Patrolman Patrick Varley of the Concord police, 67, was stabbed and slashed multiple times on Middle street while attempting to arrest a suspect. He collapsed after dragging himself to Dr. George E. Titcomb’s office and was taken to Deaconess Hospital in critical condition. The assailant escaped.
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Concord
Patrick Varley
Deaconess Hospital
Middle Street
Varley
George E. Titcomb
Sudbury Road
Americans Down Two German Planes Aflame
American aviators on the Marne front report two German airplanes aflame in a small patrol encounter. Two Germans were captured and another killed by an American detachment, signaling the presence of a new German division in the sector.
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Marne
Associated Press
Gillett Files Nomination Papers for Congress
Congressman Frederick H. Gillett of Springfield becomes the first candidate for the U.S. House to file a full set of nomination papers with the State secretary seeking renomination on the Republican ticket.
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Frederick H. Gillett
Springfield
Congress
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